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UTAH LAND AND OTHER FRAUDS
A United States Senator Accused of Hav-ing Been Purchased.
CHICAGO, January 30.-A Washington special says: When R. S. Dement received the appointment as Surveyor-General of Utah Territory a few months ago he re-ceived instructions to make investigations into frauds which Mr. Sparks believed ex-isted in the public land offices of that Ter-ritory. Mr. Dement returned to Washing-ton yesterday and was closeted until a late hour last night with Mr. Sparks. He had a long interview with Secretary Lamar, at which Senator Logan was present. He claims that the entire federal system of the Territory is honeycombed with fraud, and the report which he will make upon that sub-ject will contain numerous sensational features. Immediately after his arrival he employed the services of four detectives. The result of their investigation shows, he claims, that most of the public lands in the Territory has been stolen by railroads and certain prominent citizens; that 50 per cent, of the entries made by Mormons are fraudulent, as are also 25 per cent, of those made by gentiles. These fraudulent entries were made, it is claimed, with the collusion of a corrupt ring of Federal officials there and here. Mr. Dement also claims to have documentary evidence in his possession showing that the Mormon church has spent large sums of money to prevent legislation inimical to their in-terests, and to secure favorable decisions from the courts. This money has been dis-bursed through a lobbyist here. His re-port will show that a certain United States Senator received $25,000 for leading the opposition against the Edmunds bill. The report will also charge that a number of Representatives have been similarly bribed. Mr. Dement will have an inter-view with the President on the subject to-day.

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UTAH LAND AND OTHER FRAUDS
A United States Senator Accused of Hav-ing Been Purchased.
CHICAGO, January 30.-A Washington special says: When R. S. Dement received the appointment as Surveyor-General of Utah Territory a few months ago he re-ceived instructions to make investigations into frauds which Mr. Sparks believed ex-isted in the public land offices of that Ter-ritory. Mr. Dement returned to Washing-ton yesterday and was closeted until a late hour last night with Mr. Sparks. He had a long interview with Secretary Lamar, at which Senator Logan was present. He claims that the entire federal system of the Territory is honeycombed with fraud, and the report which he will make upon that sub-ject will contain numerous sensational features. Immediately after his arrival he employed the services of four detectives. The result of their investigation shows, he claims, that most of the public lands in the Territory has been stolen by railroads and certain prominent citizens; that 50 per cent, of the entries made by Mormons are fraudulent, as are also 25 per cent, of those made by gentiles. These fraudulent entries were made, it is claimed, with the collusion of a corrupt ring of Federal officials there and here. Mr. Dement also claims to have documentary evidence in his possession showing that the Mormon church has spent large sums of money to prevent legislation inimical to their in-terests, and to secure favorable decisions from the courts. This money has been dis-bursed through a lobbyist here. His re-port will show that a certain United States Senator received $25,000 for leading the opposition against the Edmunds bill. The report will also charge that a number of Representatives have been similarly bribed. Mr. Dement will have an inter-view with the President on the subject to-day.